Surname Meglaj in modern Croatia

Meglaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. According to other sources they are from Zagorje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Virovitica area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Meglaj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Sesvete (25), Lucko (10), Donji Stupnik in Samobor area (<5), and in Dobrodol (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Meglaj (including: Meglei , Meglay , Meglai and Meghalay ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Meglaj " is used by few people in the United States. "Meglay " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Meglaj, Mladen Meglaj, Adriana Meglaj, Zlatko Meglaj, Leonida Meglaj, Božidar Meglaj, Gordana Meglaj, Miljenko Meglaj, Miroslav Meglaj, Domagoj Meglaj, Nikola Meglaj, Vera Meglaj, Renata Meglaj, Martina Meglaj, Katica Meglaj, Želimir Meglaj, Violeta Meglaj, Ankica Meglaj, Zdenka Meglaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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